Desmond De-Graft Paitoo

Hon.
Desmond De-Graft Paitoo
MP
Member of Parliament for
Gomoa East Constituency
Incumbent
Assumed office
7 January 2021
PresidentNana Akuffo Addo
Preceded byKojo Asemanyi
Personal details
Born (1969-08-21) 21 August 1969 (age 55)
Gomoa Dasum, Ghana
Political partyNational Democratic Congress
OccupationFreight Forwarder
ProfessionPolitician
CommitteesHouse Committee; Food, Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs Committee

Desmond De-Graft Paitoo (born 21 August 1969) is a Ghanaian politician who currently serves as the Member of Parliament for the Gomoa East Constituency.[1][2][3]

Early life and education

Desmond De-Graft was born on 21 August 1969 and hails from Gomoa Dasum in the Central Region of Ghana. Desmond De-Graft had his MSLC in 1987, City and Guild Intermediate in Mechanical Engineering in 1991 and his Degree in Supply Chain Management (Procurement) in 2018.[4][5]

Career

Desmond De-Graft is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Desreen Shipping and Logistics.[4][5][6] He is a freight forwarder.[7]

Political life

Desmond De-Graft is a member of the National Democratic Congress.[8] He contested and won the NDC parliamentary primaries for Gomoa East Constituency in the Central Region of Ghana.[7][9]

2016 election

In the 2016 Ghanaian general election, he lost the Gomoa East Constituency parliamentary seat to the New Patriotic Party parliamentary candidate Kojo Asemanyi. He lost with 15,010 votes making 42.5% of the total votes cast whilst Kojo had 17,654 votes making 50.0% of the total votes cast, an Independent candidate Marcus Yaw Danso who had 1,604 votes making 4.5% of the total votes cast, Eunice Assuman of PPP who also had 920 votes making 2.6% of the total votes cast and Godfred Kumedzro Cudjo of CPP had 105 votes making 0.3% of the total votes cast.[10]

2020 election

Desmond De-Graft won the parliamentary seat for the Gomoa East Constituency during the 2020 Ghanaian general elections on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress with 36,637 votes making 49.46% of the total votes cast to join the Eighth (8th) Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana against Kojo Asemanyi of the New Patriotic Party who had 135,873 votes making 48.42% of the total votes cast, Samuel Kofi Essel of GUM who had 1,397 votes making 1.89% of the total votes cast and Emmanuel Otchere of UPP who also had 173 votes making 0.23% of the total votes cast.[11][12][13][5]

Committees

Desmond De-Graft is a member of the House Committee. He is also a member of the Food, Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs Committee of the Eighth (8th) Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana.[4]

Personal life

Desmond De-Graft is a Christian[4][5]

Philanthropy

In January 2022, he pledged to support the construction of a health facility with hospital furniture and other items at Dampase in the Central Region.[14]

Controversy

In November 2020, De-Graft was sued by Akwasi Adjetey, a businessman for allegedly collapsing his business.[15]

References

  1. ^ "Degraft Paitoo wins Gomoa East NDC primary re-run". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  2. ^ "Accra food prices 'far cry' from food-centre prices | Afriyie Akoto says mini 'makola' in the offing at his Agric ministry's compound". classfmonline. 2022-11-09. Retrieved 2022-12-03.
  3. ^ Abedu-Kennedy, Dorcas (2020-11-13). "The Big Debate: Gomoa East MP, NDC PC battle it out over projects". Adomonline. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  4. ^ a b c d "Parliament of Ghana". parliament of ghana. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  5. ^ a b c d "Paitoo, De-Graft Desmond". Ghana MPS. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
  6. ^ "LinkedIn". gh.linkedin.com.
  7. ^ a b "Degraft Paitoo wins Gomoa East NDC primary re-run". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
  8. ^ "Businessman sues Gomoa East NDC parliamentary candidate". GhanaWeb. Retrieved 2022-12-03.
  9. ^ "#NDCDecides: Central Region primaries results". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
  10. ^ FM, Peace. "2016 Election - Gomoa East Constituency Results". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2022-12-04.
  11. ^ FM, Peace. "Gomoa East Constituency Results - Election 2020". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
  12. ^ "2020 PARLIAMENTARY RESULTS – Electoral Commission". ec government of ghana. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
  13. ^ Coverghana.com.gh (2020-12-17). "Election 2020: Breakdown of parliamentary seats won by NDC". Coverghana. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
  14. ^ "Commissioning of CHPS Compound at Dampase". geda government of ghana. Retrieved 2022-12-03.
  15. ^ "Businessman sues Gomoa East NDC parliamentary candidate". GhanaWeb. 2020-11-17. Retrieved 2022-01-19.